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Birth
Gene Wilder was born on June 11th, 1933 -
February 9th, 1941
Wilder moved back to Milwaukee and became involved with the local theater scene -
1952
He returned to the United States to study the Stanislavski method of acting but was promptly drafted into the U.S. Army -
1963
Wilder made his film debut with a minor role in 1967's Bonnie and Clyde. He took on his first major role a year later in The Producers, playing Leo Bloom against Zero Motel's Max Bialystok. -
1972
Willy Wonka brought to life the weird and wild Roald Dahl book of the same name, and it thoroughly established Wilder as a leading man who could hold his own in any comedic situation -
1972
Wilder chewed the scenery right into a Golden Glove nomination for best actor and became known to a legion of young filmgoers. -
2007
Wilder continued to write and published two novels and a collection of short stories since 2007. -
August 28th, 2016
Date of Death
